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====== PEEK ======
Category: Transform / Basic\\

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=====Description=====
This action takes a value from another table and creates a new column populated with this value. \\

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=====Use cases=====
A typical use case for this action would be bringing in a total value from another table for further calculation -  such as % from the total.\\

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=====Action settings=====
^Setting^Description^
|Peek from table|Select the table the value resides in. |
|From column|Select the column the value resides in.|
|From|Input the row the value resides in.  Options:  //Row #<sup>*</sup>// (select the specific row number the valued resides in) and\\ //Last row// (pull the value from the last row in the column).|
<sup>*</sup> Setting can be specified using a [[:parameters|parameter]].\\

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=====Examples=====

**Source table A:**
^Province  ^Total Amount  ^
|All  | 	      4500|

**Source table B:** (before transformation)
^Province  ^Amount  ^
|Ontario  | 	1000|
|British Columbia  | 	1500|
|Quebec  |    	2000|
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**Action parameters:**
>  Peek from Source table A
>  From column Total Amount
>  Row # 1

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**Result table (Source table B):** (after transformation)
^Province  ^Amount  ^Total Amount  ^
|Ontario  | 	1000| 	 4500|
|British Columbia  | 	1500|	 4500|
|Quebec  |    	2000|	 4500|

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====Community examples====
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//1850/1|Process a group of files only when all of them are present]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/zJqXVSbMintqzS3bYdfpLMj9c45.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Tab 1//; Table: //Table 1//; Action position: //2//)
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2160/1|How to pull data from web APIs with pagination]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/dvCSpcEDXYZ8aB0B2gtnt7qulTF.morph|Project]]; Module: //Query API//; Group: //Group 1//; Table: //Query//; Action position: //5//)
  * [[https://community.easymorph.com/t//2306/7|Ideas for generating random password strings?]] ([[https://community.easymorph.com/uploads/short-url/lJo9Cm9I7zuTvfLiw9pMHmwoUHs.morph|Project]]; Module: //Main//; Group: //Group 1//; Table: //Generator//; Action position: //2//)

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=====See also=====
  *[[transformations:append|Append another table]]
  *[[transformations:merge|Merge another table]]